Teddy Bridgewater returned to his hometown Sunday and threw for two touchdowns, but the Minnesota Vikings twice blew a lead and lost to the Miami Dolphins 37-35 on a late safety.

Bridgewater said his family and friends and Miami will be reminding him of the outcome.

“I’m pretty sure I won’t hear the end of it in the offseason,” he said. “We just made too many mistakes.”

The biggest came in the final minute, when the Vikings had a punt blocked for the game-deciding safety. Miami outscored Minnesota 23-18 in the wild fourth quarter.

Both teams went into the game playing for pride rather than a postseason berth. Minnesota, which has been out of the playoff race since Thanksgiving, fell to 6-9 under first-year coach Mike Zimmer and blew a 14-point lead to lose for the second week in a row.

“We made too many mistakes and penalties in crucial situations,” Zimmer said. “All of the things I’ve been trying to preach for 11 months, we didn’t do today.”

The Dolphins improved to 8-7 and have a shot at their first winning season since 2008. They’ll sit out the playoffs for the sixth year in a row, but after the game, owner Stephen Ross announced coach Joe Philbin will return for a fourth season.

Minnesota scored 15 points in an 11-second span in the fourth quarter to take the lead, but Miami then drove 80 yards and scored on Ryan Tannehill’s 3-yard pass to Damien Williams with 1:11 left to make it 35-all.

Minnesota failed to pick up a first down, and after long snapper Cullen Loeffler bounced the ball to punter Jeff Locke, Terrence Fede blocked the punt out of the end zone for the game-winner.

“Jeff made the best that he could with the ball,” a dejected Loeffler said. “That’s what it cost us — the low snap.”

Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway played following the death of his father during the week but was forced to leave the game in the first half with a knee injury.